Money till for bills



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MONEY TILL FOR BILLS Filed April 29, 1966 lnvenfor:

EmLL mosLav flbhovne s United States Patent 3,321,262 MONEY TILL FOR BILLS Emil Mogler, Rontgenstr. 11, Heilbronn (Neckar), Germany Filed Apr. 29, 1966, Ser. No. 546,281 Claims priority, application Germany, Mar. 31, 1966,

55,990 6 Claims. (Cl. 312-294) The present invention relates to a money till especially for bills or notes which comprises a casing and a drawer which is slidable into and out of the casing and is provided with bill compartments which are formed by forwardly inclined transverse partitions which are substantially parallel to and spaced from each other and are pivotably mounted within the till drawer so as to pivot downwardly and to close the withdrawal openings of the bill compartments at least partly when the drawer is being closed and to pivot upwardly and to enlarge the width of the withdrawal openings when the drawer is opened.

A money till of this type has the advantage that the bills may be very easily placed into or removed from the individual compartments and that, when the drawer of the till is either opened or closed, the bills will be prevented from sliding out of the inclined compartments.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a money till of the type as above described which is of a very simple and reliable construction and designed so as to permit the transverse partitions forming the bill compartments to be pivoted also if the till is not provided with a cover on which the elements for guiding and pivoting the partitions might be mounted. A further object of the present invention is to provide a very simple and reliable device for pivoting the transverse partitions from one of their end positions to the other without requiring any springs or similar means for effecting the pivoting movement.

For attaining these objects, the invention provides that for pivoting the partitions their lower ends carry tongues which project through apertures in the bottom wall of the drawer of the till, and that underneath this bottom wall a slide member is provided which when the drawer is being opened, is shifted and then acts upon the tongues so as to pivot the partitions in the upward direction. This slide member is preferably movable by the arm of a lever which, preferably by means of a roller or the like, engages with a guide member which is rigidly secured to the casing of the drawer.

The slide member which acts upon the tongues on the lower ends of the partitions is preferably slidably mounted on the lower side of the bottom of the drawer so as to be movable in the direction in which the drawer is opened and closed, and it is either directly connected to the tongues on the partitions or, which is generally more advisable, it is provided with projections such as studs or the like, which, when the slide member is moved act upon the tongues so as to pivot the partitions. Especially when employing the last-mentioned device, it is advisable to mount the inclined partitions so as to pivot downwardly under their own weight when the drawer is being closed. The slide member has in this case merely the function of pivoting the partitions to their erect position and of thereby enlarging the width of the withdrawal openings of the bill compartments when the drawer is opened.

The lever for operating the slide member is preferably provided with two arms and is preferably mounted on the bottom of the drawer, laterally adjacent to the slide member. One arm of this lever may then be either connected to the slide member or act upon a projection thereon, for example, upon a stud, while the other arm of the lever is adapted to be acted upon by the inclined 3,321,262 Patented May 23, 1967 ICC guide member which is secured to the casing of the drawer. This guide member is preferably mounted on the bottom of the casing and provided with a guiding groove into which a guide member on the lever engages and which extends within a horizontal plane and is inclined relative to the direction in which the drawer is opened and closed.

These and further features and advantages of the present invention will become more clearly apparent from the following detailed description thereof which is to be read with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings, in which FIGURE 1 shows a longitudinal section of the drawer of the till and the bill compartments therein in the position when the drawer is pushed into its casing;

FIGURE 2 shows a longitudinal section of the till drawer according to FIGURE 1 when pulled out of its casing, this section being taken at one side of the device which forms the bill compartments;

FIGURES 3 and 4 show top views of the adjusting device for the till partitions when the till drawer is opened and closed, respectively; while FIGURE 5 shows a top view of the guide member with the inclined groove which is mounted on the stationary till casing.

As illustrated in the drawings, the drawer 1 of the till which has a front wall 2 and a rear wall 3 has mounted therein a container 4 which is open in the upward direction and toward the rear wall 3 and contains, for example, three bill compartments 6, 7 and 8 behind each other which are formed by three transverse partitions 5 which extend substantially parallel to each other. These partitions 5 are mounted within the container 4 so as to .be pivotable from one end position to another as illustrated in FIGURES 1 and 2, respectively. When the drawer 1 in the position as shown in FIGURE 1 in which it is fully pushed into its casing, the upper edge 5a of the front partition 5 engages upon the inclined front wall 4a of the container 4-, while the upper edge 5b of each of the two rear partitions engages upon the rear side of the respective partition in front of it. The pivoting movement of the partition 5 in the upward direction to the position as shown in FIGURE 2 is limited by suitable stops 10 which are secured to and project from the lateral walls of the container 4.

At their lower sides, the partitions 5 are provided with downwardy projecting tongues 11 which extend through slots 12 in the bottom of the container 4 and also through slots 13 in the bottom 9 of the drawer 1. The pivot bearings of the partitions 5 are formed by the slots 12 and 13 and the tongues 11 which have a narrower width than the container 4. Above the tongues 11, the partitions 5 are bent twice forwardly at an obtuse angle and have thus a slightly curved shape.

The partitions 5 which are preferably made of steel plate are pivotably mounted in the drawer 1 so that when the drawer 1 is pushed back in the direction of the arrow A, they will fall by their own weight into the position as shown in FIGURE 1, in which they will hold the bills which are placed into the compartments 6, 7 and 8 in a fixed position without requiring any springs.

For pivoting the partitions 5 to their erect position as shown in FIGURE 2 when the drawer 1 is being opened and moved in the direction of the arrow B and when the width of the withdrawal openings of the bill compartments is thereby enlarged, a special control device is provided at the lower side of the bottom 9 of the drawer 1.

As illustrated particularly in FIGURES 3 and 4, this control device consists of a slide member 15 of an L- shaped cross section, the horizontal arm 15a of which is connected by screws, bolts or the like 16 to the lower side of the drawer bottom 9. The two screws or bolts 16 engage into slots 17 in the arm 15a which extend in the longitudinal direction of slide member 15. This slide member may thus be shifted along the lower side of the drawer bottom 9 in the direction in which the drawer is opened or closed, as indicated by the arrows A and B. Arm 15a is further provided with two apertures 20 through which the tongues 11 of the two rear partitions project. Tongue 11 of the front partition 5, however, is located directly in front of slide member 15.

The vertical arm 15b of slide member 15, the front edge of which is substantially in alignment with the downwardly projecting guide rails 18 on the lateral walls of the drawer, carries three studs 19 which, when the drawer is opened and slide member 15 is moved in the direction of the arrow B, engage against the tongues 11 on the partitions 5 and pivot the latter from the inclined position as shown in FIGURE 1 to the erect position as shown in FIGURE 2. For shifting the slide member15, a twoarmed lever 21 is mounted on the drawer bottom 9 so as tobe pivotable about a vertical axis 22. One arm 21a of this lever 21 carries a roller 23, while the other arm 21b acts upon a stud 24 on the horizontal arm 15a of slide member 15. Thus, when lever 21 is pivoted from the position as shown in FIGURE 4 to the position as shown in FIGURE 3, slide member 15 is shifted by the action of arm 21b upon stud 24 in the opening direction as indi-' cated by the arrow B, and the studs 19 on slide member 15 thereby press against the tongues 11 on the partitions 5 and pivot the latter to the erect position as shown in FIG- URE 2.

For pivoting the lever 21, a guide member 25 as shown in FIGURE 5 is secured to the bottom of the stationary drawer casing (not shown). This guide member 25 is provided with a groove 26 which is inclined within a horizontal plane about an angle relative to the direction of the arrow A or B. When the drawer 1 is being opened, roller 23 on lever 21 will engage into the inclined groove 26 of guide member 25 and lever 21 will thereby be pivoted about its axis 22 from the position as shown in FIG- URE 4 to the position as shown in FIGURE 3.

From the above description it is evident that, when the drawer 1 is opened, the partitions 5 will be pivoted upwardly by the lever-actuated slide member 15 until they arrive in the position as illustrated in FIGURE 2, in which their rear sides abut against the stops 10. If guide member 25 is mounted in an appropriate position on the bottom of the drawer casing with respect to the length of the drawer, the result will be attained that the bill compartments will not start to open until the drawer has been pulled out to such an extent that the bill compartments will be located at the outside of the drawer casing. If the front part 30 of the drawer contains a coin insert, the bill compartments will therefore not be opened until the drawer has been pulled out beyond the coin insert.

When the drawer 1 is being closed by being pushed in the direction of the arrow A, slide member 15 will be shifted back by lever 21 which is pivoted by its roller 23 which then slides along the inclined groove 26 in guide member 25, so that the partitions 5 may then pivot by their own weight to be positioned as shown in FIGURE 1. 50

Although my invention has been illustrated and described with reference to the preferred embodiment 4- thereof, I wish to have it understood that it is in no way limited to the details of such embodiment but is capable of numerous modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully disclosed my invention, what I claim is:

1. A money till comprising a drawer, having a bottom with apertures therein, a plurality of substantially parallel transverse partitions pivotably mounted within said drawer and spaced from each other and each having a tonguelike extension on its lower end projecting through one of said apertures, a slide member slidably mounted on the bottom of said drawer and adapted to engage upon said tonguelike extensions, and a stationary guide member adapted to engage with said slide member so as to move the same and thereby to act upon said tongues so as to pivot said partitions from a substantially prone position to an erect position when said drawer is opened.

2. A money till as defined in claim 1, in which said guide member extends at an inclined angle to the direction in which said drawer is opened and closed and substantially within the plane of said direction, and further comprising a two-armed lever pivotably mounted on the bottom of said drawer and having one arm engaging with said inclined guide member, while its other arm is adapted to engage with and act upon said slide member so as to shift the same and thereby to act upon said tongues when said drawer is opened.

3. A money till as defined in claim 2, in which said partitions are normally inclined in the forward direction of said drawer and are pivotably mounted so as to fall over from their erect position to their substantially prone position by their own weight when said drawer is being closed, said slide member being adapted to act upon said tongues only when said drawer is opened.

4. A money till as defined in claim 2, in which said lever is pivotably mounted on the bottom of said drawer laterally adjacent to said slide member, said slide member having a projection thereon, said other arm of said lever engaging upon said projection so as to shift said slide member in its longitudinal direction when said lever is pivoted.

5. A money till as defined in claim 2, in which said guide member has an inclined groove therein, one arm of said lever having a projection thereon engaging into said groove.

6. A money till as defined in claim 1, in which said partitions are slightly bent above said tongues in the forward direction of said drawer.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 511,582 12/1893 Borden 12914 1,274,446 8/1918 Ratigan 129-14 1,746,715 2/1930 Price 23522 2,728,520 12/1955 Moyle 23522 3,236,574 2/ 1966 Woulbroun 3 123 19 DAVID J. WILLIAMOWSKY, Primary Examiner.

JAMES T. MCCALL, Examiner. 

1. A MONEY TILL COMPRISING A DRAWER, HAVING A BOTTOM WITH APERTURES THEREIN, A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TRANSVERSE PARTITIONS PIVOTABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID DRAWER AND SPACED FROM EACH OTHER AND EACH HAVING A TONGUELIKE EXTENSION ON ITS LOWER END PROJECTING THROUGH ONE OF SAID APERTURES, A SLIDE MEMBER SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID DRAWER AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE UPON SAID TONGUE LIKE EXTENSIONS, AND A STATIONARY GUIDE MEMBER ADAPTED TO ENGAGE WITH SAID SLIDE MEMBER SO AS TO MOVE THE SAME AND THEREBY TO ACT UPON SAID TONGUES SO AS TO PIVOT SAID PARTITIONS FROM A SUBSTANTIALLY PRONE POSITION TO AN ERECT POSITION WHEN SAID DRAWER IS OPENED. 